Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Sun 22 Apr 2018 - 21:57

Is that Gotham Giantdad planning to terrorise the Undead Burg?

The optimistic part of me is saying they're delaying it to further optimise the game for smooth gameplay throughout and to tighten up the online experience to make sure Dark Souls will shine for what'll presumably be a fair few first-timers to the series. The cynical and jaded part of me is saying it's to tempt multiplatform gamers to double dip and to bring it closer to or even coincide with Nintendo's paid online system. I wish we knew why so I could tell Dark Jay to piss off with his miserable opinions.

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Mon 23 Apr 2018 - 1:55

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to think the optimisation is taking a little longer on Switch than the others; it is a different team, on a whole different system, with presumably quite different architecture. I wouldn't read loads into it.

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Mon 23 Apr 2018 - 19:35

I think you're probably right boss, and that Namco Bandai/From underestimated the amount of work taken to optimise the Switch version (which has distressing repercussions for other such games). I just wish they'd tell us that's why!

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Mon 23 Apr 2018 - 19:41

Balladeer wrote:

I think you're probably right boss, and that Namco Bandai/From underestimated the amount of work taken to optimise the Switch version (which has distressing repercussions for other such games). I just wish they'd tell us that's why!

Bethesda have started talking about things like that, saying they'll support best they can intill technical limitations are a factor. The thing is, I've said since it was the NX if the Switch does well it will get what would have been DS, 3DS, PSP, VITA 3rd party games and all those systems got 3rd party support, which you couldn't really get elsewhere.

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Mon 23 Apr 2018 - 20:06

Indies, yeah will be a big thing as you think most won't need powerful hardware and if the system is selling as well as the DS or 3DS the big boys will won't to put games on it but be Bravely Third not Cyberpunk 2077 (which is likely a PS5 game).

Sadly, in the intervening time Jay's feedback on my Hollow Knight feedback has made it very unlikely that I'll pick this up. It sounds like all the things I disliked about HK are even worse in DS, and some of the things I liked about HK (cute bugs!) definitely aren't in DS. So... enjoy, fellas.

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Thu 16 Aug 2018 - 21:37

Balladeer wrote:

Sadly, in the intervening time Jay's feedback on my Hollow Knight feedback has made it very unlikely that I'll pick this up. It sounds like all the things I disliked about HK are even worse in DS, and some of the things I liked about HK (cute bugs!) definitely aren't in DS. So... enjoy, fellas.

Treesmurf wrote:

I think I've gone off the idea of Dark Souls after what I've seen of it but the Amiibo still might tempt me to try it.

The_Jaster wrote:

I think I might be buying this just to add to the Switch collection (need that amiibo too, natch) rather than getting it to replay.

PLAY DARK SOULS YOU BLOODY WUSSES

Edit: I'm joking! I seem to think I'd definitely get it straight away, day one. But I think I'm getting some PTSD when thinking through my original play-through. It's not for everyone. However, if anyone's not sure, and wants to co-op with me as a guide... then I recommend you find a better guide

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Thu 16 Aug 2018 - 21:41

Jimbob wrote:

Balladeer wrote:

Sadly, in the intervening time Jay's feedback on my Hollow Knight feedback has made it very unlikely that I'll pick this up. It sounds like all the things I disliked about HK are even worse in DS, and some of the things I liked about HK (cute bugs!) definitely aren't in DS. So... enjoy, fellas.

Treesmurf wrote:

I think I've gone off the idea of Dark Souls after what I've seen of it but the Amiibo still might tempt me to try it.

The_Jaster wrote:

I think I might be buying this just to add to the Switch collection (need that amiibo too, natch) rather than getting it to replay.

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Thu 16 Aug 2018 - 21:51

JayMoyles wrote:

Jimbob wrote:

Balladeer wrote:

Sadly, in the intervening time Jay's feedback on my Hollow Knight feedback has made it very unlikely that I'll pick this up. It sounds like all the things I disliked about HK are even worse in DS, and some of the things I liked about HK (cute bugs!) definitely aren't in DS. So... enjoy, fellas.

Treesmurf wrote:

I think I've gone off the idea of Dark Souls after what I've seen of it but the Amiibo still might tempt me to try it.

The_Jaster wrote:

I think I might be buying this just to add to the Switch collection (need that amiibo too, natch) rather than getting it to replay.

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Wed 19 Sep 2018 - 19:27

This'll be interesting to try as when they done the test for ps4 I wasn't a fan of the pvp as it suffered the same issues (big lag spikes which lead to impossible back stabs or parries) the original game had, this stuff should have been fixed considering how good it was in the later games.

Subject: Re: Dark Souls on Switch it is a real thing and I am very excited, god bless and praise the sun. :sunny: Wed 19 Sep 2018 - 21:13

From reviews I remember reading it wasn't a great port and not a lot changed. Why I brought up in random thoughts should a game like this have two review scores like 4K films etc have as the game is still good.

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